Lexical Definition

‎רֶגַע‎ regaʻ (reh'-gah) moment ^H:N-M
from ‎רָגַע‎.

instant, moment, space, suddenly.

• a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time

n m
1) a moment
adv
2) for a moment, at one moment...at another moment
with prep
3) in a moment

See Greek: ἀνάπαυσις · ἐξαίφνης · ἐξάπινα · σπουδή · τάχος · χρόνος

Extended Information

• adv
• with prep

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֶ֫גַע‎ noun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;ᵑ7 ‎ריגעא‎ Eccl 9:12: probably properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; compare momentum, i.e. movimentum); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎, ‎רָ֑נַע‎ Num 16:21 +, plural ‎רְגָעִים‎; —
a. Ps 30:6* ‎בְּאַפּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ a moment (passes) in his anger (opposed to ‎חיים ברצונו‎); Isa 54:7 ‎קָטֹן‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּר‎ during a little moment
b. usually in adverb phrases: — (a) as adverb accusative, (a) Exod 33:5 ‎אֶהָד‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ for one moment, so ‎׳‎‎ר‎ alone Isa 54:8 repeated Jer 18:7; Jer 18:9 ‎רֶגַע ֗֗֗ רֶגַע‎ at another moment; . . . at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, Ps 6:11* ‎יָשׁוּבוּ יֵבשׁוּ רָ֑גַע‎, Jer 4:20; Isa 47:9; Job 34:20.
(b) ‎בְּרֶגַע‎ in a moment Job 21:13 ‎שְׁאוֺל יַחַ֫תּוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ובר‎ (of a quick and painless death; but see Job 34:20; Ps 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Baer Bu Du [compare ᵐ5 ἐν ἀναπαύσει, ᵑ7 ‎בְּמַרְגּוֺעָא‎] take ‎רֶגַע‎ (or read ‎רְגֹעַ‎) as substantive [√ II. ‎רָגַע‎] in tranquility, of a peaceful death). So
(c) ‎׳‎‎כְּר‎ Num 16:21 = Num 17:10* ‎וַאֲכַלֶּה אֶתֵכֶם כְּרָ֑גַע‎, Ps 73:19.
(d) ‎׳‎‎כְּמוֺ ר‎ Lam 4:6.
(e) ‎עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע‎ while a moment lasts Job 20:5.
(f) ‎׳‎‎כִּמְעַט ר‎ like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Isa 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
(g) plural ‎לִרְגָעִים‎ by moments, at every moment, Isa 27:8; Ezek 26:16 ‎׳‎‎וְחָֽרְדוּ ל‎ (so Ezek 32:10), Job 7:18 (|| ‎לִבְקָרִים‎).

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